The Fencing Picture Thread

[Bald n Grumpy]

No, I can only put the stay in the direction the wire will be strained, my neighbour is directly behind the strainer post and there's no fence on his side travelling in the opposite direction.

Put the strainer post further into your fence line then use plain wire as @jamj said and put some rails between the strainer post and the anchor post/stake thats used to anchor the plain wire too, bit like a box strainer idea

 

[Tubbylew]

Strainer stay/brace question for the learned followers of this thread. I have difficult ground so H braces aren't an option in places like I'm working at the moment due to lack of depth, it's extremely variable. Suppliers around here don't sell long wood poles suitable for braces for whatever reason. I had a digger in and we pushed down some 8 foot strainer posts where we could. I'll need to brace them due to the ground being soft. I do have some leftover galvanised steel poles, and I was thinking of using something like the Swivel Flange Kee Klamps below to join the pole to the strainer and the rock on the other end. It'll be expensive but will they last or hold up for the long run?

C58 - Swivel Flange - Simplified Building

C58, C58 - Swivel Flange, It is not recommended for use as a base flange to support guardrailing, balustrading or other types of structure.

simplifiedbuilding.ie

Yeah it'd be fine, foot the post as well - various ways of footing but you could use pipe for that aswell by driving a piece down on an angle behind the post and fixing it to the post somehow.

 

[tepapa]

Bit of post and rail last week.

 

[Willie adie]

A wee job done today

 

[Ffermer Bach]

A wee job done today View attachment 1170594View attachment 1170595

It always interests me the way you Scots always put a plain wire next to the pig netting, I never see that here in Wales

 

[Welderloon]

It always interests me the way you Scots always put a plain wire next to the pig netting, I never see that here in Wales

Many of the local fencers install top, mid & bottom wires over the net as well as a lower line & double strand above, Proper raking hill Blackface sheep will wreck a nice new neat fence in a couple of hours otherwise.

 

[Tubbylew]

It always interests me the way you Scots always put a plain wire next to the pig netting, I never see that here in Wales

See it in the forestry around here a bit.

 

[Willie adie]

It always interests me the way you Scots always put a plain wire next to the pig netting, I never see that here in Wales

I've always run a line along top of rylock, also I've wondered why it's only scotland uses square posts, and I was told by tornado that 90% of all the radiseurs they sell are to scotland

 

[Willie adie]

Many of the local fencers install top, mid & bottom wires over the net as well as a lower line & double strand above, Proper raking hill Blackface sheep will wreck a nice new neat fence in a couple of hours otherwise.

I always run a centre line if there are likely yo be sheep against it, gives a little bit more support to rylock of its run behind it

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

Someone put a picture on here showing how they “:capped “ a gate post, or at least I think it was on here. i would be very grateful if someone could put it up again, or have any other suggestions for putting a weather proof cap on a gate post, as I can’t seem to be able to find the picture.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Someone put a picture on here showing how they “:capped “ a gate post, or at least I think it was on here. i would be very grateful if someone could put it up again, or have any other suggestions for putting a weather proof cap on a gate post, as I can’t seem to be able to find the picture.

Lick bucket lid

 

[Oscar]

I use rubber paint from builders merchant . Needs a few days to dry without rain

 

[Willie adie]

Someone put a picture on here showing how they “:capped “ a gate post, or at least I think it was on here. i would be very grateful if someone could put it up again, or have any other suggestions for putting a weather proof cap on a gate post, as I can’t seem to be able to find the picture.

I wouldn't bother it's at ground level the main issue is

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

Lick bucket lid

would tick a box but look a bit shite.

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

I wouldn't bother it's at ground level the main issue is

Needs to be to a certain speck but agree, it’s always where the ground meets that goes first.

 

[Oscar]

We all know it's a flawed idea but if CSS grant aided , the tops must be capped and pictures you send must be close enough to show them that they are done.

 

[ploughman1963]

It depends on which year your agreement is but the cappping of gateposts for CS grants no longer applies. Agreements starting 1/1/24 definitely dont need to cap posts

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I wouldn't bother it's at ground level the main issue is

disagree, have seen telegraph poles rot from the top. I guess a lead hat would be best, but a lot of hassle for anything other than a square wooden gate post as a feature, with wooden gates for a drive or something like that.

 

[Willie adie]

disagree, have seen telegraph poles rot from the top. I guess a lead hat would be best, but a lot of hassle for anything other than a square wooden gate post as a feature, with wooden gates for a drive or something like that.

Yep they rot in the top but maybe 6inch down they are fresh again,
It's not so bad at top it's not the Rotting at ground level is the big problem

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Yep they rot in the top but maybe 6inch down they are fresh again,
It's not so bad at top it's not the Rotting at ground level is the big problem

The telegraph poles rot from the middle where the creosote didn't reach. I tip a load of creosote on the top when I put them in, but I wonder if the creosote we can buy today is as potent as the stuff these posts were pickled in?